Opa Station
Ŏp'a 어파 | |||||||||||
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| Hangul | 어파역 | ||||||||||
| Hanja | 漁波驛 | ||||||||||
| Revised Romanization | Eopa-yeok | ||||||||||
| McCune–Reischauer | Ŏp'a-yŏk | ||||||||||
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| Location |
Ŏp'a-rodongjagu, P'yŏngwŏn, South P'yŏngan North Korea | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Korean State Railway | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 5 November 1905 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | yes | ||||||||||
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Ŏp'a Station is a railway station in Ŏp'a-rodongjagu, P'yŏngwŏn County, South P'yŏngan Province, North Korea. It is on located on the P'yŏngŭi line of the Korean State Railway.[1]
History
The station was opened on 5 November 1905 along with the rest of this section of the Kyŏngŭi Line, from which the P'yŏngŭi Line was formed after the division of Korea in 1945. A pro-independence demonstration against the Japanese occupation of Korea of about a thousand people took place in front of the station on 7 March 1919.
References
- ↑ Kokubu, Hayato, 将軍様の鉄道 (Shōgun-sama no Tetsudō), ISBN 978-4-10-303731-6
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Coordinates: 39°19′38″N 125°39′3″E / 39.32722°N 125.65083°E
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